IFK Norrköping
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IFK Norrköping is a Swedish football club based in Norrköping
Norrköping
Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest...

. The club, formed on 29 May 1897, is currently playing in the first division of Swedish football, Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

. The most successful period of the club was in the 1940s under the Hungarian coach Lajos Czeizler
Lajos Czeizler
Lajos Czeizler was a Hungarian football coach born in Heves.With altogether 11 major titles he remains one of the most successful football coaches of all time....

 (1942–1948), with the players Gunnar Nordahl
Gunnar Nordahl
Gunnar Nordahl was a Swedish football player, best known for his play in AC Milan 1949-1956.-Sweden:...

 and Nils Liedholm
Nils Liedholm
Nils Liedholm was a Swedish football midfielder and coach. Il Barone , as he is affectionately known in Italy, was renowned for being part of Sweden's "Gre-No-Li" trio of strikers along with Gunnar Gren and Gunnar Nordahl at A.C. Milan and the Swedish national team...

.

Norrköping dominated Swedish football in the post war era and won the first division 11 times in 20 glorious years culminating in the league triumph of 1963. It took the club another 26 years before adding championship title number 12 to the trophy cabinet.

Norrköping had a fierce rivalry with the other local club, IK Sleipner
IK Sleipner
Idrottsklubben Sleipner is a sports club in Norrköping, Sweden; the main sports are football and ten-pin bowling. It was founded in 1903, and named after Odin's horse Sleipnir. Currently, the club's senior men's team plays football in the Division 1 Södra...

, something that has been forgotten since Sleipner's fall from the higher divisions. The main rivals today is mainly fellow Östergötland
Östergötland
Östergötland, English exonym: East Gothland, is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland, and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, one might also encounter the Latinized version, Ostrogothia...

 club Åtvidabergs FF
Åtvidabergs FF
Åtvidabergs FF is a Swedish football club located in Åtvidaberg. The club, formed 1 July 1907 as Åtvidabergs IF, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. The club changed to the present name before the 1935–1936 season. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund...

 and geographically close Örebro SK
Örebro SK
Örebro SK, also known as ÖSK or just Örebro, is a Swedish football club based in Örebro. The club, formed on 28 October 1908, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan.-The first years:...

.

The club is affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund
Östergötlands Fotbollförbund
The Östergötlands Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Östergötland County.- Background :...

.

Current squad

As of 31 August, 2011:

Out on loan

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2011–2012.

Retired numbers

18  Stefán Þórðarson
Stefán Þórðarson
Stefán Þór Þórðarson is a Icelandic football striker currently playing for ÍA .-Career:Þórðarson played for IA Akranes, Östers IF, SK Brann, Kongsvinger IL, KFC Uerdingen, Stoke City, IA Akranes again and IFK Norrköping...

, striker, 2004–2007 and 2009

Winners of Guldbollen
Guldbollen
Guldbollen, , is a Swedish football award given by the Aftonbladet and the Swedish Football Association to the best male Swedish footballer each year....

 

  • 1947:   Gunnar Nordahl
    Gunnar Nordahl
    Gunnar Nordahl was a Swedish football player, best known for his play in AC Milan 1949-1956.-Sweden:...

  • 1949:   Knut Nordahl
    Knut Nordahl
    Knut Erik Alexander Nordahl was a Swedish footballer.He played for IFK Norrköping and A.S. Roma. He won the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics along with his brothers Bertil and Gunnar Nordahl. The two went to Italy after the Olympics Knut Erik Alexander Nordahl (13 January 1920-28 October...

  • 1953:   Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson
    Bengt Gustavsson
    Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson is a former Swedish footballer and trainer. As player he participated in the final of the World Cup 1958 and won national championships with IFK Norrköping...

  • 1957:   Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson
    Åke Johansson
    Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson, born 19 March 1928 in Norrköping, is a former Swedish football player.Johansson played as a center half in IFK Norrköping and capped 53 times for the national team between 1955-1965...

  • 1960:   Torbjörn Jonsson
    Torbjörn Jonsson
    Torbjörn Jonsson is a retired Swedish professional football player.He played for 5 seasons in the Serie A for ACF Fiorentina, A.S. Roma and A.C. Mantova.-External links:*...

  • 1961:   Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm
  • 1963:   Harry Bild
    Harry Bild
    Harry Bild is a former Swedish footballer.-Career:Born in Växjö he was transferred to IFK Norrköping during the 50's. He turned professional for FC Zürich in Switzerland and for Feyenoord in the Netherlands, scoring 39 goals in 52 games. He turned back to Östers IF in 1967 and won the Swedish...

  • 1966:   Ove Kindvall
    Ove Kindvall
    Ove Kindvall is a former Swedish footballer .He started his career at IFK Norrköping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord in and became professional. The same year, he won the Guldbollen, as the best Swedish footballer of the year.With Feyenoord he won two national championships as well as...

  • 1968:   Björn Nordqvist
    Björn Nordqvist
    Björn Nordqvist is a former football defender from Sweden. During the 1960s and '70s he was the Swedish national team captain. He played at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, 1974 FIFA World Cup and 1978 FIFA World Cup and in total amassed 115 international matches, and as such held the world record for...

  • 1990:   Tomas Brolin
    Tomas Brolin
    Per Tomas Brolin is a Swedish former professional football player who had a successful period with A.C. Parma during the early nineties winning the 1992 Coppa Italia, the 1993 Cup Winners' Cup, the 1993 UEFA Super Cup and the 1995 UEFA Cup.Brolin also played for the Swedish national team,...

  • 1992:   Jan Eriksson
    Jan Eriksson
    Jan Jonas Jakob Eriksson is a former footballer from Sweden. He played 35 matches and scored four goals for the national team. Two of those goals came at the Euro 1992. He was selected for the 1990 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not play...


Other noted players

Kennet Andersson
Kennet Andersson
Bernt Kennet Andersson is a Swedish former football player and a key member of the Swedish national team that finished third in the 1994 World Cup....

 Harry Bild
Harry Bild
Harry Bild is a former Swedish footballer.-Career:Born in Växjö he was transferred to IFK Norrköping during the 50's. He turned professional for FC Zürich in Switzerland and for Feyenoord in the Netherlands, scoring 39 goals in 52 games. He turned back to Östers IF in 1967 and won the Swedish...

 Georg "Åby" Ericson
Georg Ericson
Georg 'Åby' Ericson , also nicknamed Jojje, was a Swedish football player and coach.During his playing career he played for IFK Norrköping in the 1940s. Later he became a coach with IFK Norrköping, and led the Sweden national football team to two FIFA World Cups: 1974 and 1978.-External links:*...

 Lars Eriksson
Lars Eriksson
Lars Eriksson is a former football goalkeeper from Sweden. He participated in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, 1994 FIFA World Cup and Euro 1992. He played for Hammarby, Norrköping, Charleroi and FC Porto.-International career:...

 Eddie Gustafsson
Eddie Gustafsson
Douglas Edward Alexander Gustafsson McIntosh is a Swedish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Red Bull Salzburg.- Career :...

 Jan Hellström
Jan Hellström
Jan Hellström is a former Swedish footballer, who played as a striker.-Football career:Hellström played Swedish top league football for IFK Norrköping and Örgryte IS...

 Henry "Putte" Källgren
Henry Källgren
Henry Källgren was a Swedish former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.-Club career:...

 Niclas Kindvall
Niclas Kindvall
Niclas Kindvall is a retired Swedish football player. He is the son of Ove Kindvall.-External links:...

 Nils Liedholm
Nils Liedholm
Nils Liedholm was a Swedish football midfielder and coach. Il Barone , as he is affectionately known in Italy, was renowned for being part of Sweden's "Gre-No-Li" trio of strikers along with Gunnar Gren and Gunnar Nordahl at A.C. Milan and the Swedish national team...

 Gösta Nordahl Stefan Pettersson
Stefan Pettersson (footballer)
Stefan Bengt Pettersson is a former Swedish footballer, who began his career in the Swedish Allsvenskan with the club IFK Norrköping, before leaving for IFK Göteborg during the 1984 season...

 Jan Svensson

Notable foreign players

Brian McDermott
Brian McDermott (footballer)
Brian James McDermott is an English football manager and former player.He joined Arsenal as an apprentice in 1977 and went on to play for Fulham, IFK Norrköping, Oxford United, Huddersfield Town, Cardiff City, Exeter City and Yeovil Town in a 14-year playing career during the 1980s and 1990s...

 Antti Sumiala Joachin Yaw Acheampong
Joachin Yaw Acheampong
Joachim Yaw Acheampong is a football player from Ghana, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.- References :* -External links:...

 Bennard Yao Kumordzi
Bennard Yao Kumordzi
Bennard Yao Kumordzi is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays for Superleague Greece club Panionios in Greece and the Ghana national team as a midfielder...

 Balázs Rabóczki
Balázs Rabóczki
Balázs Rabóczki is a Hungarian football player. During his career he has been goalkeeper position. In the summer of 2009, Rabóczki ended his career.-Club career:...

 Gunnar Þor Gunnarsson Birkir Kristinsson
Birkir Kristinsson
-Club career:He started his career with Vestmannaeyjar team ÍBV, and also played with Einherji from Vopnafjordur, KA from Akureyri, ÍA and Fram in the Icelandic league before moving to SK Brann in 1996, where he is still considered as a hero, after his efforts in the cup winner's cup in 1997, where...

 Stefan Thordarson Russel Mwafulirwa
Russel Mwafulirwa
Russell Mwafulirwa is a Malawian football player who last played for IFK Norrköping.-Career:Mwafulirwa began his career with Silver Strikers in Malawi. In 2003, he signed for South African Premier Soccer League club Jomo Cosmos. After almost four years with Jomo Cosmos, he joined Ajax Cape Town in...

 Abderrahman Kabous
Abderrahman Kabous
Abderrahman Kabous is a Moroccan football midfielder.-Career:Murcia acquired Kabous from the Bulgarian club PFC CSKA Sofia on 31 January 2008. He has previously also played in Morocco, France and Sweden. As of October 2009, he became a free agent, having been released by the Spanish club Real Murcia...

 Marcin Burkhardt
Marcin Burkhardt
Marcin Burkhardt is a Polish footballer who currently plays for Jagiellonia Białystok.-Club:He made his debut in the Polish league on September 16, 2001 in Amica Wronki against Dyskobolia Grodzisk and has scored seven goals as of this campaign...

 Yevgeni Kuznetsov
Yevgeni Kuznetsov (footballer born 1961)
Yevgeni Borisovich Kuznetsov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1980 for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.- Club career :*1980-1981 Shinnik Yaroslavl...

 Ranko Đorđić
Ranko Đorđić
Ranko Đorđić is a Bosnian Serb football manager and former player.After playing several years in Yugoslav First League clubs FK Željezničar Sarajevo and NK Čelik Zenica, in 1981 he moved to Red Star Belgrade where he would win the 1983-84 Yugoslav championship and the 1985 Yugoslav Cup...

 Slobodan Marovic
Slobodan Marovic
Slobodan Marović is a Montenegrin football manager and former player.During his playing career he played for NK Osijek, IFK Norrköping, and Silkeborg IF...


Allsvenskan (Division I 1924/1925–1986)

Gunnar Nordahl
Gunnar Nordahl
Gunnar Nordahl was a Swedish football player, best known for his play in AC Milan 1949-1956.-Sweden:...

 1944–45 (27 goals), 1945–46 (25 goals) och 1947–48 (18 goals) Harry Bild
Harry Bild
Harry Bild is a former Swedish footballer.-Career:Born in Växjö he was transferred to IFK Norrköping during the 50's. He turned professional for FC Zürich in Switzerland and for Feyenoord in the Netherlands, scoring 39 goals in 52 games. He turned back to Östers IF in 1967 and won the Swedish...

 1956–57 (19 goals) Henry "Putte" Källgren
Henry Källgren
Henry Källgren was a Swedish former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.-Club career:...

 1957–58 (27 goals) (shared with Bertil Johansson
Bertil Johansson
Bertil "Bebben" Johansson is a former Swedish football striker and football manager.After starting his career playing for the local club Sävedalens IF, he joined IFK Göteborg in 1955 and won a Swedish Championship with the club...

, IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....

) Ove Kindvall
Ove Kindvall
Ove Kindvall is a former Swedish footballer .He started his career at IFK Norrköping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord in and became professional. The same year, he won the Guldbollen, as the best Swedish footballer of the year.With Feyenoord he won two national championships as well as...

 1966 (20 goals) Jan Hellström
Jan Hellström
Jan Hellström is a former Swedish footballer, who played as a striker.-Football career:Hellström played Swedish top league football for IFK Norrköping and Örgryte IS...

 1989 (16 goals) Niclas Kindvall
Niclas Kindvall
Niclas Kindvall is a retired Swedish football player. He is the son of Ove Kindvall.-External links:...

 1994 (23 goals)

Superettan (Division II 1924/1925–1986 and Division I 1986–2000)

Stefan Pettersson
Stefan Pettersson (footballer)
Stefan Bengt Pettersson is a former Swedish footballer, who began his career in the Swedish Allsvenskan with the club IFK Norrköping, before leaving for IFK Göteborg during the 1984 season...

 1983 (17 goals) Bruno Santos
Bruno Santos da Silva
Bruno Santos da Silva, or simply Bruno Santos, is a Brazilian footballer that plays as a striker. He currently plays for IFK Norrköping. On 28 June 2010, IFK Norrköping officially presented the three-and-a-half year contract signing of Bruno Santos. This would be his second spell in the club which...

 2005 (17 goals) Garðar Gunnlaugsson
Garðar Gunnlaugsson
Garðar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson is an Icelandic footballer. He is the younger brother of Arnar Gunnlaugsson and Bjarki Gunnlaugsson.-Club career:...

 2007 (18 goals)

Achievements

  • Swedish Champions
    Swedish football champions
    Swedish football champions is a title held by the winners of the highest Swedish football league played each year, Allsvenskan. IFK Göteborg holds the record of most titles with 18 Swedish championships. After winning the 2011 Allsvenskan, Helsingborgs IF are the reigning Swedish football...

    • Winners (12): 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1989

League

  • Allsvenskan
    Allsvenskan
    Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

    :
    • Winners (12): 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1992
    • Runners-up (9): 1952–53, 1957–58, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993
  • Superettan
    Superettan
    Superettan is the second highest league in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 16 Swedish football teams. It was created in 2000. Before that, the second level league in Sweden had been Division 1....

    :
    • Winners (1): 2007
    • Runners-up (1): 2010
  • Mästerskapsserien
    Mästerskapsserien
    Mästerskapsserien was a short-lived Swedish football league played 1991 and 1992 to decide the Swedish Champions. The top six teams from Allsvenskan qualified for Mästerskapsserien while the four bottom had to play the promotion and relegation Kvalsvenskan league with four and two teams from...

    :
    • Runners-up (2): 1991, 1992

Cups

  • Svenska Cupen
    Svenska Cupen
    Svenska Cupen , is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 98 teams compete, comprising the 16 teams from Allsvenskan and the 16 teams of Superettan...

    :
    • Winners (6): 1943, 1945, 1968–69, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94
    • Runners-up (4): 1944, 1953, 1967, 1971–72
  • Allsvenskan play-offs
    Allsvenskan play-offs
    The Allsvenskan play-offs was a Swedish football cup held to decide the Swedish football champions between 1982 and 1990. The cup was created to increase the average attendance for Allsvenskan since public interest had dropped remarkably in the previous years. The four best placed teams in...

    :
    • Winners (1): 1989
    • Runners-up (2): 1984, 1990

IFK in the European cups

Season Competition Round Country Club Result Spectators (Home in bold style) IFKs goalscorers
1956–57 European cup
UEFA Champions League
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Round of 16   AC Fiorentina 1–1, 0–1 6351, 4000(Played in Rome)   Harry Bild
Harry Bild
Harry Bild is a former Swedish footballer.-Career:Born in Växjö he was transferred to IFK Norrköping during the 50's. He turned professional for FC Zürich in Switzerland and for Feyenoord in the Netherlands, scoring 39 goals in 52 games. He turned back to Östers IF in 1967 and won the Swedish...

 ;
1957–58 European cup
UEFA Champions League
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Round of 16   Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

2–2, 1–2 10.893, 20.000   Olle Håkansson
Olle Håkansson
Olle Håkansson is a Swedish football midfielder who played for Sweden in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He also played for IFK Norrköping.-External links:*...

,   Henry "Putte" Källgren ;   Lennart Backman
1962–63 European cup
UEFA Champions League
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Qualification   Partizani Tirana 2–0, 1–1 12.271, 18.000   Harry Bild
Harry Bild
Harry Bild is a former Swedish footballer.-Career:Born in Växjö he was transferred to IFK Norrköping during the 50's. He turned professional for FC Zürich in Switzerland and for Feyenoord in the Netherlands, scoring 39 goals in 52 games. He turned back to Östers IF in 1967 and won the Swedish...

, Åke Rosander ;   Ove Kindvall
Ove Kindvall
Ove Kindvall is a former Swedish footballer .He started his career at IFK Norrköping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord in and became professional. The same year, he won the Guldbollen, as the best Swedish footballer of the year.With Feyenoord he won two national championships as well as...

Round of 16   S.L. Benfica 1–1, 1-5 24.205, 50.000   Bill Björklund ;   Bill Björklund
1963–64 European cup
UEFA Champions League
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Qualification   Standard Liége
Standard Liège
Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....

0–1, 2–0 33.000, 15.030 – ;   Ove Kindvall
Ove Kindvall
Ove Kindvall is a former Swedish footballer .He started his career at IFK Norrköping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord in and became professional. The same year, he won the Guldbollen, as the best Swedish footballer of the year.With Feyenoord he won two national championships as well as...

,   Örjan Martinsson
Round of 16   AC Milan 1–1, 2–5 15.486, 15.000   Björn Nordqvist
Björn Nordqvist
Björn Nordqvist is a former football defender from Sweden. During the 1960s and '70s he was the Swedish national team captain. He played at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, 1974 FIFA World Cup and 1978 FIFA World Cup and in total amassed 115 international matches, and as such held the world record for...

 ;   Örjan Martinsson, Own goal
1968–69 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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First Round   Crusaders F.C.
Crusaders F.C.
Crusaders Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish association football club, playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1898, hails from Belfast and plays its home matches at Seaview. Club colours are red and black. The current manager is Stephen Baxter, appointed in 2005...

4–1, 2–2
Second Round   FC Lyn 3–2, 0–2
1969–70 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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First Round   Sliema Wanderers F.C.
Sliema Wanderers F.C.
Sliema Wanderers Football Club are a Maltese football team from the town of Sliema, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League.-History:The club was founded in 1909...

5–1, 0–1
Second Round   Schalke 04 0–0, 0–1
1972–73 Uefa cup
UEFA Cup
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First Round   Flamura Roşie Arad 2–0, 2–1
Second Round   FC Internazionale 0–2, 2–2
1978–79 Uefa cup
UEFA Cup
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First Round   Hibernian
Hibernian F.C.
Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...

0–0, 2–3
1982–83 Uefa cup
UEFA Cup
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First Round   Southampton
Southampton
Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...

0–0, 2–2
Second Round   A.S. Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

1–0, 0–1 (2–4 after penalties)
1988–89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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First Round   UC Sampdoria 2–1, 0–2
1990–91
UEFA Cup 1990-91
The UEFA Cup 1990–91 was won by Internazionale on aggregate over Roma. This tournament also marked the return of English clubs after a five-year ban resulting from the Heysel Stadium Disaster in 1985...

Uefa cup
UEFA Cup
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First Round   1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....

0–0, 1–3
1991–92 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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First Round   Jeunesse Esch
Jeunesse Esch
Jeunesse Esch is a football club, based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg.- History :...

4–0, 2–1
First Round   AS Monaco 1–2, 0–1
1992–93
UEFA Cup 1992-93
The UEFA Cup 1992–93 was won by Juventus, who beat Borussia Dortmund 6–1 in the final aggregate over, a record score for a UEFA Cup final. It was the third victory in the competition for the Italian team ....

Uefa cup
UEFA Cup
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First Round   Torino FC 1–0, 0–3
1993–94 Uefa cup
UEFA Cup
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First Round   KV Mechelen 0–1, 1–1 (in stoppage time)
1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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Qualifications   FK Viktoria Žižkov
FK Viktoria Žižkov
FK Viktoria Žižkov ranks among the oldest football clubs in the Czech Republic. It plays in the Gambrinus liga, the top level of football in the country.The team was founded by a group of students in 1903 in the town of Žižkov...

3–3, 0–1
2000–01 Uefa cup
UEFA Cup
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Qualification   GÍ Gøta
GÍ Gøta
Gøtu Ítróttarfelag was a football club based in Gøta, in the Faroe Islands. It was founded in 1926. The club colours were yellow and blue. They played at the Serpugerdi Stadium...

2–1, 2–0
First Round   FC Slovan Liberec
FC Slovan Liberec
FC Slovan Liberec is a Czech football club founded in the city of Liberec. The club is one of the most successful in the Czech Republic, having won two league titles and the domestic cup since 1993. Slovan Liberec is also one of the richest clubs in the Czech league...

2–2, 1–2

Records

  • Most played games (Allsvenskan
    Allsvenskan
    Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

     or Division I):
  Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson
Åke Johansson
Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson, born 19 March 1928 in Norrköping, is a former Swedish football player.Johansson played as a center half in IFK Norrköping and capped 53 times for the national team between 1955-1965...

, 321 games (1949–65)
  • Most league goals (Allsvenskan
    Allsvenskan
    Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

     or Division I):
  Henry "Putte" Källgren
Henry Källgren
Henry Källgren was a Swedish former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.-Club career:...

, 126 goals (1951–60)
  • Most spectators:
32 234 against Malmö FF
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...

, 7th June 1956
  • Biggest victory (Allsvenskan
    Allsvenskan
    Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

     or Division I):
11–1 against Djurgårdens IF, 14th October 1945.
  • Biggest defeat (Allsvenskan
    Allsvenskan
    Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

     or Division I):
0 – 11 against Örgryte IS
Örgryte IS
Örgryte IS, also commonly referred to as ÖIS, is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg.-History:The club was founded on 4 December 1887 and participated in the first football match in Sweden on 22 May 1892. Örgryte IS has won 12 national championship titles and one national cup title. After...

, 6th April 1928 and Helsingborgs IF
Helsingborgs IF
Helsingborgs IF , commonly referred to as Helsingborg and locally HIF, is a Swedish football club located in Helsingborg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan...

, 22nd September 1929
  • Most expensive player:
Forward   Kevin Amuneke
Kevin Amuneke
Kevin Onyekachi Amuneke is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Östers IF in Sweden, as a forward.He spent his professional career playing in several countries in Europe, namely in Portugal.-Club career:...

, from   CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia , commonly known as CSKA or CSKA Sofia is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948. CSKA's abbreviation stands for Central Sports Club of the Army...

 for approximately 3 million SEK, 2007.
  • Most expensive sale:
Midfielder/Forward   Tomas Brolin
Tomas Brolin
Per Tomas Brolin is a Swedish former professional football player who had a successful period with A.C. Parma during the early nineties winning the 1992 Coppa Italia, the 1993 Cup Winners' Cup, the 1993 UEFA Super Cup and the 1995 UEFA Cup.Brolin also played for the Swedish national team,...

, to   Parma AC
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...

 for approximately 11 million SEK, 1990.

Footnotes

A. The title of "Swedish Champions" has been awarded to the winner of four different competitions over the years. Between 1896 and 1925 the title was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet
Svenska Mästerskapet
Svenska Mästerskapet was a Swedish football cup held to decide the Swedish Champions between 1896 and 1925.-Previous winners:-Cup champions:...

, a stand-alone cup tournament. No club were given the title between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

 was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a play-off
Allsvenskan play-offs
The Allsvenskan play-offs was a Swedish football cup held to decide the Swedish football champions between 1982 and 1990. The cup was created to increase the average attendance for Allsvenskan since public interest had dropped remarkably in the previous years. The four best placed teams in...

 in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions. After the play-off format in 1991 and 1992 the title was decided by the winner of Mästerskapsserien
Mästerskapsserien
Mästerskapsserien was a short-lived Swedish football league played 1991 and 1992 to decide the Swedish Champions. The top six teams from Allsvenskan qualified for Mästerskapsserien while the four bottom had to play the promotion and relegation Kvalsvenskan league with four and two teams from...

, an additional league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan.

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